Chapter 172: The Battle Begins
At the moment of crisis, Xu Huang also exerted his twelve-point martial arts, and withstood Yan Liang's fierce attack for a full seventy or eighty rounds. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Xu Huang's forehead gradually began to sweat, and the defensive position began to scatter, and finally, after a hundred rounds, Xu Huang couldn't support it, sold a flaw, jumped out of the battle circle, and fled back to the main formation.
Yuan Shao, who has been paying attention to the battle situation, will certainly not let go of this opportunity, and will no longer give Zhang Zai a chance to send people again. Directly pulled out the long sword at his waist, pointed at the blade of the sword, and shouted: "The enemy general has been defeated, and the whole army is assaulting." ”
Tens of thousands of people in the front army, hearing Yuan Shao's order, shouted and rushed towards Zhang Zai's camp.
"The front army fights!" Zhang Zai also gave an order, and the 10,000 people of the front army began to move slowly forward in an instant under the order of the general.
The open space in front of Juyong Pass is limited, even if the two sides only invest less than 50,000 troops, it seems a little crowded, and the cavalry here cannot be used at all, so Zhang Zai only invested in light infantry, which is commanded by Qi Jiguang.
"Mandarin Duck Array, Yu!"
The 10,000 soldiers who entered the battle were all trained by Qi Jiguang, and they already knew the changes in the Mandarin Duck Formation, and the moving soldiers kept changing their shapes, gradually forming the defensive formation of the Mandarin Duck Formation.
Before the two sides made contact, a strong murderous aura had already enveloped everyone on the battlefield.
"Shoot the arrows!"
When they came within range of the archers, the generals of both sides gave the order almost simultaneously, and immediately after, two streams of arrows rose into the air from their own camps, whistling towards each other like dark clouds.
"Protection!"
Qi Jiguang saw the rain of arrows covering the sky and the sun, and immediately ordered the whole army to avoid arrows.
After receiving the military order, the soldiers in the front row immediately set up a strong wooden shield to shield the rain of arrows, and the soldiers behind them also used the round shield they carried to protect the vital point, and at the same time slowly moved their bodies forward.
The arrows of the two sides began to meet in the air, crackling and chaotic, many arrows met in the air, and then slammed into each other, lost the strength of their flight, and fell to the ground.
"Ahh
Countless screams came from the camps of both sides, and many people were shot by the rain of arrows, screaming and falling to the ground, or being shot directly in the military formation.
After the rain of arrows, the two armies were already only fifty steps apart, and they were about to meet, and in a hurry, Qi Jiguang issued another military order: "Mandarin duck array, surprise attack!" ”
Obviously, the soldiers were more familiar with this formation, and after thirty steps, they had already completed the formation, and the soldiers in the back row gave up the shield in their hands and drew a cold and shining waist knife from their waists.
"Bang!"
The soldiers in the front row with shields began to collide with each other, and they wanted to use the big shields in their hands to disrupt the enemy's formation and give their comrades behind them a chance to attack.
And their shields have many large thorns, sharp and fierce, as long as they are accidentally pierced, it is a big hole, which is difficult to heal.
"Hmm!"
Countless muffled snorts sounded, and the shield hands in the front row had already collided together, with slightly less strength and a slightly lighter weight, they were directly pushed to a stumble, and then they re-stabilized their bodies, and then continued to collide with the shieldmen on the opposite side.
The evenly matched shieldmen begin to wrestle with their opponents while dodging the sneak attacks of others.
As more and more soldiers began to contact the opposite side, the shield bearers also lost their protective tasks, and began to attack the enemy with the shields in their hands, their means were very simple, that is, they smashed directly, as long as they hit the enemy with spikes, there would be other brothers to help mend the knife, or they used their shields to block cold knives or cold arrows for the brothers around them.
With the selfless help of the shield soldiers, it became easier and easier for the sword soldiers to kill the enemy, and then they cooperated with each other, and the 10,000 soldiers exerted the combat power of 20,000 people, pressing the 20,000 people of the Jin army.
Although Yuan Shao invested twice as many soldiers as Zhang Zai, in such a small place, there was no way to give full play to the advantage of his troops, so they could only barely defend under Qi Jiguang's attack, if it weren't for the follow-up soldiers entering the battlefield, they would have been defeated.
Yuan Shao looked at the poor situation in the field and turned his head to look at Tian Feng, hoping that they could have an idea to turn the tide of the battle.
But now, the two sides are attacking head-on, surrounded by mountain peaks, how can there be any strategy available, Tian Feng can only say: "King, let's leave the war to Ju Yi to deal with, maybe he has the ability to fight with the Tang army." ”
Yuan Shao's face changed slightly, and his hands were subconsciously clenched, now, Ju Yi forced Xue Rengui into Juyong Pass, which was the biggest victory since the founding of the Jin Kingdom, and he faintly had the momentum of being the first person in the army, and the limelight even overshadowed him.
Moreover, Ju Yi usually doesn't know how to restrain himself, and he shows off his military exploits everywhere, no, this matter reached Yuan Shao's ears, and Yuan Shao directly deprived him of the right to lead the troops and made him a false position.
"King, think twice!"
Tian Feng saw that the situation on the battlefield was in danger, and persuaded him again and again.
He also knew Yuan Shao's concerns, which was also Yuan Shao's biggest shortcoming, indecisive, and narrow-minded, and Ju Yi's situation was the best proof of this.
"Someone, General Juyi, please."
Looking at the Jin army that was gradually beginning to retreat, Yuan Shao couldn't care much, with a cold face, he immediately sent someone to Ju Yi to fight.
The generals on the side also had ugly faces, staring at Tian Feng unkindly, but they didn't stop Yuan Shao's order, they knew that their catties and taels, if they came forward now, they couldn't recover the decline, then what was waiting for them must be refrigerated.
Ju Yi didn't care about Yuan Shao's cold reception, after hearing Yuan Shao's order, he began to rush to the battlefield, he was Yuan Shao's general, one looked at Yuan Shao's face, and this situation had appeared several times, so he didn't have any dissatisfaction.
Arriving at the battlefield, Ju Yi bowed to Yuan Shao, ignoring the ugly faces of the other generals, and then directly took over the command of the battlefield.
Just when the frontal battlefield was in full swing, Luo Cheng had already led 10,000 soldiers to secretly come to the Bauhinia Pass.
The guard of Bauhinia Pass is still Zhu Ling, a few days ago, he was named a general by Yuan Shao because of his meritorious service in guarding the pass, and at the same time increased his troops by 10,000 and was stationed here.
Zhu Ling, who was promoted to general, did not dare to slack off in the slightest, and had to inspect the city defense every day, rain or shine.
On this day, Zhu Ling was inspecting the city defense, and suddenly saw the smoke and dust in the distance, as if a large army was marching.
The billowing smoke and dust got closer and closer, and finally, his true face was finally revealed, and behind him was a large group of cavalry, and on the banner, a striking Tang character fluttered in the wind.
Led by a young general with a white horse and a silver gun, his face was cold, even he had to praise him, good demeanor.
"It's the Tang Army, the whole army is ready to meet the enemy!"